Stardew Valley: Every House Upgrade And Renovation

What is a farm without a farmhouse? Here are all the house upgrades and renovations available in Stardew Valley.

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There are a ton of places in Stardew Valley where you'll spend a lot of time, but none of them more than your own home, the farmhouse. Initially, you'll reside in a small, one-room cabin, but you can upgrade it to a huge house with several rooms, designed however you please.

It'll cost you quite a bit of money and resources to fully upgrade your farmhouse, and there are other changes to make along the way. Here's every Stardew Valley house upgrade and renovation and how to obtain them.

Updated April 24, 2024 by Jacqueline Zalace: The 1.6 update of Stardew Valley has introduced a few new housing renovations. As such, we've updated this guide with all the new content you can add to your farmhouse.

Standard Farmhouse Designs

The initial layout of your farmhouse and the furniture it starts with are determined by which farm layout you choose. For example, if you choose the Standard Farm, you'll have some basic wooden furniture, flooring, and wallpaper; if you like the Forest Farm, expect some trees, leafy garlands, leaf-motif wallpaper, and so on.

All of this furniture can be obtained regardless of the farm you choose, so don't let this determine which layout you select when making a new file.

How To Upgrade Your House

There are a few different changes that will be made to your farmhouse as you play through your in-game years. But, the most direct way to upgrade it is by visiting Robin at her Carpenter Shop on the Mountain, north of town.

There are three total upgrades that Robin can make, plus a few renovations and cosmetic changes. Each upgrade costs money, and a couple of them require you to gather resources as well.

Each upgrade will add more rooms to your farmhouse. Below, you can check out a quick rundown of each upgrade before we cover them in more detail later.

Once you have an upgrade, you will not be able to remove it! Every renovation is a permanent fixture in your house.

Upgrade 1: Kitchen And Bedroom

The first time you upgrade the farmhouse, it'll cost 10,000g and 450 pieces of wood. This upgrade separates the main living area from the bedroom, placing the bed in a separate room to the right and upgrading it to a double bed. It also adds a small kitchen.

This kitchen can be used to cook meals and refill your watering can, and it also comes with a fridge where you can store items like a chest. You can prepare meals if the ingredients are in the fridge, acting as a sort of extension to your inventory when cooking.

Upgrading Your House For Marriage

With this first upgrade, you can now get married or add Krobus as a roommate. Prior to this, you cannot marry anyone, as the house is too small. This applies if you are playing in a multiplayer world as well.

Once you get married or have Krobus move in, your spouse/Krobus will add a room to the right-hand side of your farmhouse. Later, we'll take a look at the appearance of these spouse rooms.

The Old Mariner will not sell you the Mermaid's Pendant if your house isn't upgraded at least once.

Upgrade 2: Nursery

The second time you upgrade your house, it'll add two new rooms. One of them is an empty room that you can do whatever you want with. The other one is a small nursery-like room with a crib and two single beds.

With this upgrade, you can now have children with your spouse. In addition to the new rooms, the existing kitchen and bedroom are made slightly larger. This upgrade costs 65,000g and 100 pieces of hardwood.

You can have children even if you are in a same-sex relationship .

Upgrade 3: Basement

This third upgrade doesn't add more rooms to the main floor but instead introduces a basement to the house. In the basement, you can place casks to age certain artisan goods,increasing their quality and therefore their value. Casks will only work if placed here.

Initially, Robin provides you with 33 casks, but you can fit almost 200 if you fill every space.

Some players completely fill the entire basement with casks, then pick them all up when they're ready, placing them back down and filling them while backing themselves out.

This upgrade doesn't require any materials but will cost you 100,000g.

Spouse Rooms

When you marry one of the six bachelors or six bachelorettes in town, they'll move into your farmhouse and add a small room to the right-hand side, next to the bedroom.

Each of these rooms is themed around that particular character. If you decide to ask Krobus to be your roommate instead of marrying someone, he'll also add a room to the side of your house.

Here are the details of each spouse's room.

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Available House Renovations

There are a few renovations and some cosmetic changes that Robin is happy to make, which you can find below.

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If you choose to remove the crib, you will not be able to have children . Keep this in mind if you remove the crib while married.

Removing the crib after you have children will not make them disappear, but you can get rid of them at the Dark Shrine of Selfishness .

Additionally, when you choose the option in Robin's menu to construct farm buildings, you can paint the following structures.

• Farmhouse
• Shed
• Coop Variations
• Barn Variations
• Stable
• Cabin Variations

On your farmhouse, you can change the roof, siding, and trim to basically any color you want. Until you fully upgrade the exterior, you can only change the roof color.

Farmhouse Wallpaper

Lastly, it's important to note that you can change the wallpaper of each individual room. This includes the 'hallway' space that connects rooms; although this space is a few tiles wide, it can have its own unique wallpaper.